Jesus comforts those in distress.
The Bible never promises us a stress-free life. Indeed, we’re regularly told that, as Christians, we can expect suffering. However we can also always expect God to be our great comforter whatever we face. His comfort is so extraordinarily powerful that even when circumstances are at their most dire, we are lifted up, drawn closer and enlivened in our faith.
God comforts us by his nature, his word, and through the comfort of his people. Isaiah prophesies about God’s comfort coming to his people in distress. In Jesus, and by his Spirit, that same comfort is available to us now and always.
By Ed Flint